Annie mania may have been all the rage in the early '80s, but, although Aileen Quinn relished the spotlight as much as any little girl catapulted into stardom might have been expected to, she also remained, at heart, a normal kid from a close-knit community. 

In a 1982 interview, fresh off the success of Annie, Quinn put it this way: "Now that the movie's released, my life really hasn't changed that much. ... I'm still the Aileen Quinn I always was. I still live in Yardley, Penn."

Noting that she still likes to hang out with other kids, Quinn said, "Filming to me is like playing with my friends." Though she admitted that she'd like to stay in showbiz if at all possible, she also maintained that, "If I don't find any parts to play, then I'll come back to Yardley, Penn. and be myself again."